• 基本介绍 (Biography)

    许晓聪，中山大学副教授，硕士生导师，教育部“教师领航工作站”中山大学第一期成员。目前主要研究方向包括：全球土地覆盖变化、城市扩张模拟、土地利用变化引起的资源环境影响及灾害评估、遥感信息提取、遥感与GIS应用等。入选2025年科睿唯安“全球高被引科学家”（Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025）。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目、国家重点研发计划项目子课题、广东省自然科学基金面上项目、广州市科技计划项目等课题多项，获博士后创新人才支持计划（博新计划）资助。发表论文近40篇，其中一作/通讯论文19篇，论文总引用超过7000次，H指数38（Google Scholar）。

     

    Dr. Xiaocong Xu is an Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor at the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, China. He is also a member of the First Cohort of the Ministry of Education Faculty Leadership Development Program at Sun Yat-sen University. His research focuses on global land-cover change, urban expansion simulation, environmental and resource impacts of land-use change, disaster risk assessment, remote sensing information extraction, and remote sensing and GIS applications. He was recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2025). Dr. Xu has served as Principal Investigator for multiple research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (including both General and Young Scientists Fund projects), the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, and the Guangzhou Science and Technology Program. He was also selected for the National Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program. Dr. Xu has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed papers, including 19 as first or corresponding author. His publications have received more than 7,000 citations, with an H-index of 38 according to Google Scholar.

  • 讲授课程 (Courses)

    《全球变化》（本科生）

    《空间分析原理与方法》（本科生）

    《地理云平台与大数据分析》（本科生）

    《地理科学导论》（本科生）

    《城市地理信息系统》（本科生）

    《高级空间分析》（研究生）

    《地理研究方法》（研究生）

     

    Undergraduate Courses

    Principles and Methods of Spatial Analysis

    Global Change

    Geographic Cloud Platforms and Big Data Analytics

    Introduction to Geography Science

    Urban Geographic Information Systems 

    Graduate Courses

    Advanced Spatial Analysis

    Research Methods in Geography

  • 教育背景 (Education)

    2011.09–2017.06，博士（硕博连读），地图学与地理信息系统，中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

    2007.09–2011.06，本科，地理信息系统，中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

     

    Ph.D. in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, China, September 2011 – June 2017.

    B.Sc. in Geographic Information Systems, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, China September 2007 – June 2011

  • 工作经历 (Professional Experience)

    2022.08–今，    副教授，中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

    2020.10–2022.07，特聘副研究员，中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

    2017.12–2020.09，博士后，中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

    2017.07–2017.11，特聘副研究员（一级），中山大学，地理科学与规划学院

     

    Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, August 2022 – Present

    Associate Research Fellow (Special Appointment), School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, October 2020 – July 2022

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, December 2017 – September 2020

    Associate Research Fellow (Level I, Special Appointment), School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, July 2017 – November 2017

  • 学术兼职 (Professional Services)

    《Humanities and Social Sciences Communications》期刊编委

    《Land》期刊“ Sustainable Evaluation Methodology of Urban and Regional Planning ”专刊客座编辑

     

    Editorial Board Member, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

    Guest Editor, Special Issue “Sustainable Evaluation Methodology of Urban and Regional Planning”, Land

  • 教材专著 (Books)

    城市地理信息科学，刘⼩平，欧⾦沛，张鸿辉，许晓聪，陈逸敏，广州：中山大学出版社，2024

    Liu Xiaoping, Ou Jinpei, Zhang Honghui, Xu Xiaoocong, Chen Yimin (2024). Urban Geographic Information Science. Guangzhou, China: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

  • 获奖情况 (Honors and Awards)

    入选科睿唯安“全球高被引科学家”（2025）

    教育部教师领航工作站中山大学第一期成员（2025）

    入选2018年度博士后创新人才支持计划（博新计划）

     

    Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2025)

    Member of First Cohort of the Ministry of Education Faculty Leadership Development Program, Sun Yat-sen University (2025)

    National Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program (2018)

  • 论文 (Publications)

  1. Xu Xiaocong, Ding Dan, Liu Xiaoping (2024). A three-dimensional future land use simulation (FLUS-3D) model for simulating the 3D urban dynamics under the shared socio-economic pathways. Landscape and Urban Planning, 250, 105135

  2. Liu Xiaoping, Wu Xinxin, Li Xuecao, Xu Xiaocong*, Liao Weilin, Jiao Limin, Zeng Zhenzhong, Chen Guangzhao, Li Xia (2024). Global Mapping of Three-Dimensional (3D) Urban Structures Reveals Escalating Utilization in the Vertical Dimension and Pronounced Building Space Inequality. Engineering, In Press.

  3. Ding Dan, Liu Xiaoping, Xu Xiaocong* (2024). Projecting the future fine-resolution carbon dioxide emissions under the shared socioeconomic pathways for carbon peak evaluation. Applied Energy, 365, 123240.

  4. Wu Xinxin, Xu Xiaocong*, Chen Guangzhao, Liao Weilin, Liu Xiaoping* (2024). Exploring urban building space provision and inequality: A three-dimensional perspective on Chinese cities toward sustainable development goals. Sustainable Cities and Society, 102, 105202.

  5. Liu Xiaoping, Guo Renyun, Xu Xiaocong*, Shi Qian, Li Xia, Yu Haipeng, Ren Yu, Huang Jianping. (2023). Future increase in aridity drives abrupt biodiversity loss among terrestrial vertebrate species. Earth's Future, 11, e2022EF003162.

  6. 郭仁韵，刘小平，许晓聪*.(2023). 洪灾风险规避下的珠三角未来城市扩张模拟和灾损减缓评估.热带地理, 433(6), 1083-1097.

  7. Li Zeng, Xiaoping Liu, Wenhao Li, Jinpei Ou, Yiling Cai, Guangzhao Chen, Manchun Li, Guangdong Li, Honghui Zhang, Xiaocong Xu* (2022). Global simulation of fine resolution land use/cover change and estimation of aboveground biomass carbon under the shared socioeconomic pathways. Journal of Environmental Management, 312, 114943.

  8. Xiaocong Xu, Dachuan Zhang, Xiaoping Liu*, Jinpei Ou and Xinxin Wu (2022). Simulating Multiple Urban Land Use Changes by Integrating Transportation Accessibility and a Vector Cellular Automata: A Case Study on City of Toronto. Geo-spatial Information Science, 3, 439-456.

  9. Xinxin Wu, Xiaoping Liu, Dachuan Zhang, Jinbao Zhang, Jialv He, Xiaocong Xu* (2022). Simulating mixed land-use change under multi-label concept by integrating a convolutional neural network and cellular automata: a case study of Huizhou, China. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 59, 609-632.

  10. Xiaocong Xu, Xiaoping Liu, Xia Li, Qian Shi*, Yimin Chen, and Bin Ai (2022). Global snow depth retrieval from passive microwave brightness temperature with machine learning approach. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 4302917.

  11. 许晓聪, 李冰洁, 刘小平*, 黎夏, 石茜. (2021). 全球2000年—2015年30 m分辨率逐年土地覆盖制图. 遥感学报 , 25(9), 1896-1916.

  12. Xu Xiaocong, Ou Jinpei*, Liu Penghua, Liu Xiaoping, Zhang Honghui. (2021). Investigating the impacts of three-dimensional spatial structures on CO2 emissions at the urban scale. Science of The Total Environment, 762, 143096.

  13. Li Haibo, Xu Xiaocong*., Li Xia, Ma Shifa, Zhang Honghui. (2021). Characterizing the urban spatial structure using taxi trip big data and implications for urban planning. Frontiers of Earth Science, 15(1), 70-80.

  14. Xu Xiaocong, Zhang Yuanying, Chen Yimin*. (2020). Projecting China's future water footprint under the shared socio-economic pathways. Journal of Environmental Management, 260, 110102.

  15. Yan Yuchao, Xu Xiacoong*, Liu Xiaoping, Wen Youyue, Ou Jinpei. (2020). Assessing the contributions of climate change and human activities to cropland productivity by means of remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41, 2004-2021.

  16. Chen Yimin, Xie Wei, Xu Xiaocong*. (2019). Changes of Population, Built-up Land, and Cropland Exposure to Natural Hazards in China from 1995 to 2015. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 10, 557-572.

  17. Liu Xiaoping, Liang Xun, Li Xia*, Xu Xiaocong*, Ou Jinpei, Chen Yimin, Li Shaoying, Wang Shaojian, Pei Fengsong. (2017). A future land use simulation model (FLUS) for simulating multiple land use scenarios by coupling human and natural effects, Landscape and Urban Planning. 168, 94-166.

  18. Xu Xiaocong, Liu Xiaoping*, Li Xia, Xin Qinchuan, Chen Yimin, Shi Qian, Ai Bin. (2016). Global snow cover estimation with Brightness Temperature measurements and one-class in situ observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 182, 227-251.

  19. Xu Xiaocong, Li Xia*, Liu Xiaoping, Shen Huanfeng, Shi Qian. (2016). Multimodal Registration of Remotely Sensed Images Based on Jeffrey’s Divergence, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 122, 97-115.

  20. Li Bingjie, Xu Xiaoocong, Liu Xiaoping*, Shi Qian, Zhuang Haoming, Cai Yiling, He Da. (2022) An improved global land cover mapping in 2015 with 30 m resolution (GLC-2015) based on a multi-source product fusion approach. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2022: 1-35.

  21. Tang Dongmei., Li Xia, Xu Xiaocong, Liu Xiaoping, Zhang Han, Shi Hong, Liu Shuwen, Zhang Han. (2022). Does the belt and road initiative really increase CO2 emissions?. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112(4), 948-967.

  22. Liu Xiaoping, Huang Yinghuai, Xu Xiaocong, Li Xuecao, Li Xia*, Philippe Ciais, Lin Peirong, Gong Kai, Alan D Ziegler, Chen Anping, Gong Peng, Chen Jun, Hu Guohua, Chen Yimin, Wang Shaojian, Wu Qiusheng, Huang Kangning, Lyndon Estes, Zeng Zhenzhong*. (2020). High-spatiotemporal-resolution mapping of global urban change from 1985 to 2015. Nature Sustainability. 1-7.

  23. Li Xia*, Chen Yimin, Liu Xiaoping, Xu Xiaocong, Chen Guangliang. (2017). Experiences and issues of using cellular automata for assisting urban and regional planning in China. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-24.

  24. Li, Xia*, Chen Guangzhao, Liu Xiaoping, Liang Xun, Wang Shaojian, Chen Yimin, Xu Xiaocong. (2017). A New Global Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Product at a 1-km Resolution for 2010 to 2100 Based on Human–Environment Interactions. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1-20.

  25. Chen Yimin, Liu Xiaoping*, Li Xia, Liu Xingjian, Yao Yao, Hu Guohua, Xu Xiaocong, Pei Fengsong. (2017). Delineating urban functional areas with building-level social media data: A dynamic time warping (DTW) distance based k-medoids method. Landscape and Urban Planning, 160, 48-60.

  26. Chen Yimin, Liu Xiaoping, Li Xia, Liu Yilun, Xu Xiaocong. (2016). Mapping the fine-scale spatial pattern of housing rent in the metropolitan area by using online rental listings and ensemble learning. Applied Geography. 75, 200–212.

  • 科研项目 (Research Projects)

  1. 国家重点研发计划项目“城市存量低效空间评估与系统智能优化关键技术”子课题，动态要素三维模拟仿真与方案优选, 2023YFC3804804, 2024–2027, 79万元, 主持。

  2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 面向洪灾风险规避的未来城市三维扩张模拟及灾损减缓评估, 42371414, 2024–2027, 51万元, 主持。

  3. 华东师范大学地理信息科学教育部重点实验室开放基金, 长江三角洲城市群三维扩张及洪灾风险情景模拟, KLGIS2023A03, 2023–2025, 5万元, 主持。

  4. 广东省自然科学基金面上项目, SSP-RCP情景下未来广东省森林植被格局的模拟及碳汇潜力研究,2022A1515012207, 2022–2024, 10万元, 主持。

  5. 广州市科技计划项目基础与应用基础研究专项, 粤港澳大湾区城市三维空间扩张模拟及洪灾风险情景预测,202201011539, 2022–2024, 5万元, 主持。

  6. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目, 顾及“遥关联”效应的东部沿海地区土地利用变化情景模拟及其洪灾风险评估, 42001326, 2021–2023, 24万元, 主持。

  7. 博士后创新人才支持计划，气候变暖和“一带一路”倡议背景下中国干旱区土地利用的多情景模拟,BX20180389, 2019–2020, 60万元, 主持。

  8. 高校基本科研业务费青年教师培育项目, 中国长时间序列积雪数据集及其时空变化研究, 19lgpy53, 2019 – 2021, 9万元, 主持。

  9. 第63批中国博士后科学基金面上项目, 中国长时间序列积雪遥感反演和积雪物候特征变化研究, 2018M633227, 2018–2020, 5万元, 主持。

  10. 国家重点研发计划课题专题, 全球城镇化趋势及其对气候变化的影响, 2019YFA0607203, 2019–2023, 125万元, 参与（第三）。

  11. 国家重点研发计划子课题, 城市群地理要素智能识别, 2019YFB2103102, 2020–2022, 150.25万元, 参与（第六）。

 

  1. National Key R&D Program of China: Three-dimensional Simulation of Dynamic Urban Elements and Scenario Optimization for Inefficient Urban Space Assessment and Intelligent Optimization (2024–2027), Principal Investigator.

  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program): Future Three-dimensional Urban Expansion Simulation and Flood Damage Mitigation under Flood Risk Avoidance Scenarios (2024–2027), Principal Investigator.

  3. Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation: Simulation of Future Forest Vegetation Patterns and Carbon Sequestration Potential in Guangdong Province under SSP-RCP Scenarios (2022–2024), Principal Investigator.

  4. Guangzhou Science and Technology Program: Three-dimensional Urban Expansion Simulation and Flood Risk Scenario Projection in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (2022–2024), Principal Investigator.

  5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientists Fund): Scenario Simulation of Land-use Change and Flood Risk Assessment in Eastern Coastal China Considering Telecoupling Effects (2021–2023), Principal Investigator.

  • 发明专利 (Patents)

  1. 许晓聪，丁丹，刘小平，城市扩张的预测方法、装置、设备及存储介质，2023，专利号: ZL 2022 1 1202032.0, 公开号: CN115859765B

  2. 刘小平, 梁迅, 黎夏, 陈逸敏, 姚尧, 许晓聪, 李丹, 一种土地未来利用情景动态模拟方法, 2018, 专利号: CN201510780066.1A, 公开号: CN105447235B.

  3. 黎夏, 许晓聪, 陈广亮, 刘小平, 一种基于粒子群算法的多级分辨率遥感影像自动配准方法, 2017, 专利号: CN 201410491201.6, 公开号: CN104268869A.

  4. 刘小平, 黎夏, 黄康宁, 梁嘉咏, 许晓聪, 基于空间综合互信息的多时空谱遥感影像自动配准方法, 2015,专利号: CN201210289037.1, 公开号: CN102842137A.

 

  1. Method, Device, Equipment and Storage Medium for Predicting Urban Expansion (CN115859765B, 2023).

  2. Dynamic Simulation Method for Future Land-use Scenarios (CN105447235B, 2018).

  3. Automatic Registration Method for Multi-resolution Remote Sensing Images Based on Particle Swarm Optimization (CN104268869A, 2017).

  4. Automatic Registration Method for Multi-temporal and Multi-spectral Remote Sensing Images Based on Spatial Mutual Information (CN102842137A, 2015).